Greg Kihn IBS

[stobro]

Who here hasn't covered "The Breakup Song" at sometime in their career?

https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/greg-kihn-dead-jeopardy-breakup-song-singer-1236107843/

[Jakeboy]

Yup. Played it for years and loved it every time. May he RIP.

[topekatj]

Once upon a time a young guitarist named Joe Satriani…….

[crunchee]

Alzheimer's at 75 seems way too young.  RIP.

BTW, he's the guy who's driving the car at the end of this video:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - I Lost On Jeopardy (Official HD Video) - YouTube

 

Edited August 16, 2024 by crunchee

[princeofdarkness56]

This is turning out to be a shitty day and I haven’t even gotten out of bed yet. Kihn and Jack Russel. 

[kizanski]

5 hours ago, princeofdarkness56 said:

This is turning out to be a shitty day and I haven’t even gotten out of bed yet. Kihn and Jack Russel. 

[alantig]

6 hours ago, princeofdarkness56 said:

This is turning out to be a shitty day and I haven’t even gotten out of bed yet. Kihn and Jack Russel. 

 

59 minutes ago, kizanski said:

[Biz Prof]

On 8/15/2024 at 8:22 PM, Jakeboy said:

Yup. Played it for years and loved it every time. May he RIP.

Played that one at least 200 times at gigs. Surprisingly, it never got old.

[BruceM]

He was also an author, and my local library has a copy of his novel Mojo Hand.  I'll put it on my reading list, maybe...

Mojo Hand synopsis:

It's 1977, 10 years after Big Rock Beat, and Beau Young is back. Now he's playin' the blues -- literally. As he tours smoky dives with blues legend Oakland Slim he uncovers an evil voodoo plot to assassinate the remaining blues masters. But disco rules, so who cares about a few dead blues greats? 
Then legendary blues martyr Robert Johnson turns up alive 43 years after his reported death, a victim of a New Orleans witch's zombie poison, not a jealous husband as originally reported. Beau knows Johnson could be the key to the murders. But Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil decades before. With Beau's help he must return to the infamous crossroads and face his destiny. And both of them must face the awesome power of the Mojo Hand.

[BruceM]

And then there's his book of short stories by musicians, Carved in Rock.  I'll have to check that one out.  Here's the blurb:

Editor Greg Kihn is a popular west coast disc jockey who has spent 20 years as a professional musician. Along the way he has met thousands of fellow performers who share a gift for storytelling and an aptitude for artistic adventure. Storyteller collects the short fiction from the most talented of them. The anthology includes a startling array of musicians, each with stories on a wide variety of topics. Ray Manzarek of the Doors contributes a retelling of the creation myth in "The Lady of the Valley." David Byrne ruminates on a genetic future of designer chromosomes, Graham Parker depicts a farcical vision of liberal politics in the hands of illiberal men, and Lydia Lunch presents a dark fable of miscarried sexual justice. Mary Lee Kortes's "Summer Vacation" has the sparse addictiveness of a song without music and Larry Kirwan imagines what would have happened to the Beatles if they had not become famous. Other contributors include Dee Dee Ramone, Eric Burdon, Richard Hell, Mick Farren, Joan Jett, Johnny Strike, Marc Laidlaw, John Shirley, Suzzy Roche, Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Wynn, Steve Earle, Suzanne Vega, Tom Verlaine, Pete Townsend, and best-selling novelist Kinky Friedman who produces his first short story ever. These stories provide a new window into the lives and creativity of dozens of musicians we already know through their concerts and recordings. Reading the collection is like getting to know them all over again.